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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As also the grillage frame at St Alphege Whitstable
(Whitechapel 1969) and the earlier Taylor examples at Saxthorpe and Fettes
College. The Whitechapel frames are better, having primary as well as secondary
RsJ's, but all still "sawpit" design.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I first heard the expression in 1968 from the
late Harry Parkes. We were to go to Gloucester and take out for rehanging the
six at Maisemore. Harry looked at the papers and exclaimed that it was a
******** sawpit frame - which it is, a timber one by Warners, and the bells went
back into it the following year.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<P>Rochford's 1968 Taylor frame for the light 4cwt eight has all the bells
swinging in the east west direction in a lightly constructed steel frame. (But
obviously sufficient for the weight of the bells.)<BR>The layout
is:<BR>3.4<BR>2.5<BR>1.6<BR>8.7<BR>The 3, 4, 8 and 7 have the ropes on the
inside of the frame/tower and the others on the 2, 5, 1 and 6 on the outside.
<BR><BR>Brian Meldon<BR><BR></P></DIV><!-- end group email --></BODY></HTML>